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| Image number: | 1988 |
| Feature : | hogback |
| Grouping : | differential erosion |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1995 |
| Locality : | Nakheil |
| Country : | Egypt |
| Region - tribe : | Quseir |
| Physiographic region : | Desert-Red Sea Mountains |
| Notice : | The back of the hogback is a double structural surface, incised by numerous gullies. Although the Red Sea Mountains are considered as one of the dryest places on earth (3 mm precipitation/year), There occur winter rains. These rains steer the geomorphological activity in this desert. Note the ephemeral vegetation, appearing shortly after one single rain. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1995 Image 1988. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/de/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |